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*Strong association with smoking.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Highlander | first1 = P. | last2 = Southerland | first2 = CC. | last3 = VonHerbulis | first3 = E. | last4 = Gonzalez | first4 = A. | title = Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans): a clinical diagnosis. | journal = Adv Skin Wound Care | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 15-7 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/01.ASW.0000392923.37852.43 | PMID = 21173586 }}</ref>
*Strong association with smoking.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Highlander | first1 = P. | last2 = Southerland | first2 = CC. | last3 = VonHerbulis | first3 = E. | last4 = Gonzalez | first4 = A. | title = Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans): a clinical diagnosis. | journal = Adv Skin Wound Care | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 15-7 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/01.ASW.0000392923.37852.43 | PMID = 21173586 }}</ref>
*Small and medium-sized vessels of the extremities.
*Small and medium-sized vessels of the extremities.
Typical symptoms/signs - progression:<ref name=pmid22284771/>
*Intermittent claudication -> ulcers -> [[gangrene]].


Diagnosis - clinical:
Diagnosis - clinical:
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Treatment:
Treatment:
*Stop smoking.
*Stop smoking.<ref name=pmid22284771>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dargon | first1 = PT. | last2 = Landry | first2 = GJ. | title = Buerger's disease. | journal = Ann Vasc Surg | volume = 26 | issue = 6 | pages = 871-80 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.11.005 | PMID = 22284771 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid16892557>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kurata | first1 = A. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = A. | last3 = Franke | first3 = FE. | title = Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans--a pathological contribution. | journal = Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol | volume = 88 | issue =  | pages = 231-6 | month =  | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 16892557 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid16892557>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kurata | first1 = A. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = A. | last3 = Franke | first3 = FE. | title = Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans--a pathological contribution. | journal = Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol | volume = 88 | issue =  | pages = 231-6 | month =  | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 16892557 }}</ref>
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** Endarteritis - inner layers of blood vessels.
** Endarteritis - inner layers of blood vessels.
** Periarteritis.
** Periarteritis.
** Typically segmental.<ref name=pmid22284771/>


==Thrombosis==
==Thrombosis==
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